1857
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Ah! Pauv' Madame Chaffarou ... is a 1857 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
In this lithograph, two old women stand face to face. Their wide, exaggerated faces show tired eyes and deep wrinkles. Heavy robes drape their bodies in simple folds. Daumier makes their struggle feel real by stripping everything away. The dark cloudy background pushes their faces forward, like they’re the only things that matter. Want to see more like this? Look up Daumier, Honoré.
Honoré-Victorin Daumier was a French painter, sculptor, and printmaker, whose many works offer commentary on the social and political life in France, from the Revolution of 1830 to the fall of the Second French Empire in 1870.
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